The great powers were able to join forces to invade China because it was profitable. However, it is absolutely impossible to say that they can strictly cooperate with each other in the war and sacrifice for the sake of overall victory.

When Dietrich saw the four frigates approaching with great momentum, his first reaction was: "These guys are going to lean over and release torpedoes, and at their speed, it is impossible for our battleships to stop them!" ”

Accustomed to fighting at a speed of more than a dozen knots, it is a little difficult to keep up with the rhythm, in the face of a frigate that is twice as fast and extremely flexible and maneuverable, no matter whether the main gun or the secondary gun on the ship, don't expect to hit the opponent. There are probably only 88mm guns and 37mm machine guns that can play a role, but these two are not very numerous, and the shells do not have the ability to kill the enemy in one shot.

On the other hand, if those four guys attack with all their might, it will be the "Elector" who will be unlucky!

As if to confirm Dietrich's judgment, the four frigates approaching at high speed quickly showed their fangs! The shells fired from the 127mm main gun, which had an astonishing rate of fire, were as dense as raindrops, and suddenly roared six thousand meters away, and the four ships and eight barrels spewed steel fire at a rate of more than 100 rounds per minute, and the "Wiesenburg" was completely drowned in the explosion almost in the blink of an eye!

It wasn't indiscriminate bombing, most of the shells landed on or around the battleship! It seemed that every second, the body of the 10,000-ton steel giant beast in the fire mass layer rose up, and the flames that rushed in all directions tore apart pieces of steel structures; The water column blown up by the nearby cannonballs soared like a wall, not only blocking the sight of the people on the ship, but also splashing the icy sea water on the deck endlessly, making the people above really fall into dire straits!

Dietrich and the Germans aboard the "Elector" were all over the place! Under such a dense blow. There is no possibility of counterattack at all for the personnel on board! Their ears were filled with the loud sound of explosions. His body was surrounded by deadly flames and shrapnel. The hull under his feet was trembling and almost untenable, and his vision was blurred. Fire back again? You see where the enemy is!

The "Weihai-class" frigate is not only outrageously fast in sailing, fast in shelling, fast aiming, and as fast as maneuvering at sea!

After firing hundreds of shells in one breath and washing the "Wiesenburg" almost from head to toe, four ships immediately rushed towards the "Elector".

Dietrich's foresight only bought the ship a few minutes. Barely completed the turn to the left maneuvering and escaping, and by the way, let the ships behind rush up to act as a knife guard.

Running ahead was the flagship of the fleet, the "Emperor Caesar", which had sailed to Chinese waters earlier. This is an ironclad ship with a displacement of 8,940 tons, and its hull equipment is not much different from the original "Dingyuan Ship", and it was also a good man back then.

But in today's naval battles, there are more than a dozen 10,000-ton giant ships alone, and she has no advantage. But in order to protect his own flagship, he had to rush up.

The bulky and slow Kaiser Kaiser was first built in 1874 with a sail and a displacement of only 7,650 tons. Later removed and renovated after upgrading. The hull is painted gray, and it looks like a modern warship. But the foundation is not good after all. In the end, it can't bring about a radical change. Its maximum speed is only 14.6 knots, and its maximum firepower is eight 260mm guns with 20 barrels.

Without exception, all of these equipment are outdated. The reason why he dared to drive to the Far East to show off his military might was originally to threaten and intimidate with the prestige of Germany's world's largest army power. When this hand is not in charge of things, the rotten foundation hidden under the brilliance will completely appear in its original form!

Now, two powerful 10,000-ton ships are being beaten, and the other is fleeing, and as the largest tonnage and the most heavily armored guardian, it is incumbent on them to arch upwards with all their strength.

The attacking "Weihai-class" frigate was not picky, and it would attack anyone, and when he saw that guy swaying out, he immediately mobilized and aimed at the sharp artillery, and then drowned it with hundreds of shells!

In one minute, the deck of the "Emperor Caesar" caught fire in more than a dozen places, the front mainmast was crooked, and the lifeboat on board almost collapsed!

In two minutes, there were several holes on the deck, and I don't know who hit them, but anyway, I saw a fierce fire suddenly shine, reopening all the continuous explosions, condensing into a fierce and churning cloud of intense mushrooms that rushed straight into the sky, and many broken hulls mixed with artillery wreckage rushed out, scattered on the sea with a radius of four or five hundred meters.

Martyrdom!

The huge shock made the crews of the nearby coalition warships tremble, and their minds were full of absurdity. When will those little guys be able to easily take out a capital ship, and will there be any heavenly principles, and will they not talk about the rules?

But the facts are right in front of you!

The length of the "Weihai-class" frigate is about the same as that of the "Emperor Caesar", which is more than 80 meters, but the width is less than half of it, and it is as thin as a tuna. But it's this gadget, gathered in a group, but it can be extremely lethal!

What secrets are hidden in it is not a question for them to consider at the moment. Dietrich only saw that in the midst of the fireworks, the four dexterous killers maneuvered again to chase after him, and he didn't care about anything, and once again raised the flag and ordered several other warships to follow!

There were four more warships dispatched along with the "Emperor Caesar", the "Cormorant" with a displacement of 5,200 tons, the "Princess William" with 4,300 tons, the "Elena" with 4,300 tons, and the "Arkna" with 2,370 tons. These warships were not very advanced, and their speed was about the same, and they were purely trying to scare people by relying on the reputation of Germany.

Now he was ordered to escort him, but he didn't care so much, and he accelerated to intercept it.

But at this moment, the "Zhenyuan" suddenly pulled away from the place of firefighting, and approached with four heavy cannons in a fierce manner, firing two salvos in a row, opening three big holes in the "Emperor Caesar"!

The furious power of the 305mm armor-piercing projectile almost pierced this old-fashioned predecessor battleship! Each shell shattered the armor and smashed into the inner compartment, and the explosion shattered the surrounding conflict, opening up an astonishing void. Not only completely destroyed its structure. The power system collapsed in one fell swoop. You can even see columns of fireworks bursting out of the deck one after another!

With a thunderous thunderbolt, the ammunition depot of the "Emperor Caesar" was triggered, the clumsy hull jumped from right to left, and half of the steel and wood structure disintegrated, as if it had been bitten down by a big mouth, and disappeared from the waterline to the deck with a width of more than ten meters!

Subsequently, the "Zhenyuan" did not change its course, and was rushing towards the remaining four warships. Large-caliber shells were fired from afar, roaring and rushing, and a column of flames and water burst mightily between the German ship groups, shattering shrapnel and roaring in the air, smashing on its old hull, and the soul was trembling with the sound of banging!

What is the scene of a tiger that has tasted the smell of blood rushing into the flock? Right in front of you!

No matter how strong the Germans were to fight, they did not play a role in the face of artillery. In just a few minutes, the "Cormorant", which bore the brunt of the attack, was hit by a single shot! Terrible large-caliber armor-piercing shells pierced through the bow of the ship and exploded under the conning tower, tearing not only the steel buildings on top of it. Incidentally, a main gun ammunition exploded, and there was a loud bang. The "Cormorant" was half-crippled!

The remaining three battleships didn't say a word, they took the road and fled! This battle can't be fought at all, and he doesn't even have a chance to fire, so he is crushed head-on like this, and he doesn't let people speak? No reason!

But can they really escape? That's a dream!

Liu Buyun is determined to establish his authority and completely make the reputation of the Beiyang Naval Division, how can he miss such a great opportunity? At the beginning of the war, he made up his mind that today he would have a simple and complete victory, so that the great powers could see the strength of the Chinese navy!

The "Zhenyuan" was heading inconveniently, and it didn't even care about crashing headlong into a certain battleship, and rushed straight forward, and several other "Yuan" battleships that were originally left behind by it finally seized the opportunity to fight in battle.

However, these warships are no longer fighting alone, led by "Laiyuan" and "Jingyuan", with the modified advanced tube retreating rapid-fire main gun, forming a roaring and rushing wall of fire to force forward!

Today's five far away have also been changed beyond recognition. In addition to the upgraded power system, the minimum speed of each warship is guaranteed to be 18 knots, the strong pressure ventilation is 20 knots, and the diesel auxiliary engine is added, so that the starting emergency capability is greatly enhanced, and the electrification is fully realized.

In addition, the box bridge was changed, the single inclined chimney was changed, the civilian-grade radar was simple, and the basic equipment such as optical sight and computer fire control was added.

The artillery equipment was not overhauled, but the original twin 210mm guns were replaced with twin 152mm fort turrets. The turret weighing 50 tons is quite abrupt on the hull of more than 2,000 tons, but it is the only one that can be carried by this one. The rest of the secondary guns are still 152mm single-mount guns.

In this way, the four battleships have four 152mm guns, and at a rate of fire of 8-10 rounds per minute, they can project up to 1.5 tons of steel ammunition!

It must be noted that the range of the 152mm guns of these first aircraft is more than 20 kilometers, and with the assistance of optical sights and radar fire control, the accuracy of their hits within 10 kilometers is greatly improved. At a distance of 5,000 meters, it can achieve a hit rate many times higher than that of the enemy, and can ensure 150mm armor-piercing ability. With the exception of modern battleships, there is hardly an armored cruiser that can withstand its smashing of the head!

These are the five modified freaks, quietly rushing out like a pack of wolves hiding behind lions, and their slender little bodies don't seem to be threatening. But when it rushes to the vicinity with astonishing dexterity and agility to attack, the sudden baring of fangs scares all enemies in front of it!

The Beiyang Fleet can no longer say anything about formation formations. Dingyuan and Zhenyuan each single-handedly broke into the enemy formation, stirring up the coalition fleet; Four fast frigates struck in a group, pinning down and inducing the enemy's escort force and inflicting heavy damage, and then stalked the "Elector" as it tried to escape.

The remaining five were lined up in a horizontal formation, and all 152mm guns moved forward, covering up from behind with an advantage of at least four knots over the opponent, and the remaining three German ships were isolated from the only remaining 10,000-ton ship. Then, fire en masse!

"Boom, boom!"

For the first time, a terrifying dense roar rang out on the chaotic battlefield! The roar of eighteen 152mm advanced rapid-fire guns roared over the open sea about 9 kilometers away from the enemy ships, and several successive test firings were fired to mark the elements. Immediately fire freely!

This one is a hands-off effort. The effect is really outstanding!

Under an unprecedentedly dense bombardment of nearly a hundred rounds per minute. Four or five tons of steel ammunition were thrown out at once, turning the area where the three German ships were located into a burning hell in the blink of an eye!

At such a distance, each 47.6 kg armor-piercing bullet has a destructive capacity of more than 100mm, and although the three German ships also have defense, it would be a joke to completely resist them!

However, after a few rounds of salvos, the "Princess William" in front was blown up first! Seven or eight shells pierced through the deck and in places where the armor was out of reach, and the explosion caused a fire to spread across the deck. The weakly protected turret surrendered after a slight resistance, and exploded to pieces with a series of casualties!

The "Elena", two kilometers to its left, was not much better, and only a few minutes later, a sudden and wild cannonball in the distance descended on the overhead! With the same terrible accuracy, the ship that tried to escape even figured out how many explosions it had been hit, and then drowned in the fire.

But that wasn't enough to panic the Germans. According to their common sense, under normal circumstances, a fire may cause serious damage, but it is not enough to sink the battleship - at all, it is also protected by iron armor. The quality of the German battleship, trustworthy.

But when the five miles were pressing, they were all dumbfounded!

5,000 kilometers away. The direct fire of the 152mm guns actually blew through their main armor. Create a series of breaches on the waterline! The whole ship went up and down, watching as shells entered and exited at will, bombarding a hole! After several shots, the "Princess Wilhelm" and "Elena" were hit by dozens of shells one after another, and there was almost nothing left of the deck superstructure, and the hull was flooded and tilted, and it slowly sank!

The last "Arkna" was lucky enough to avoid the fiercest attack because it had gotten the farthest away, and when it saw the terrible five monsters following the "Zhenyuan" to turn around and besiege the Russian ship group behind, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then chased after the "Elector" that had escaped in front.

But the joy lasted less than a few minutes, when a battleship suddenly sprang out of the oblique stab, ghostly from behind it, and smashed out piles of cannonballs in the blink of an eye!

This is exactly the "Jiaozhou" frigate that was tasked with troublemaking before!

Sa Zhenbing didn't sleep for a day and a night, and his spirit didn't seem to be weakened a little. Lying in the command center of the bridge, he personally steered the helm and chased after the "Arkner", and when it was confirmed that the bombardment hit and the enemy ship caught fire, a smile finally appeared on his somewhat numb face.

After waiting all night and firing hundreds of shells, but not a single enemy ship was captured, how could he be willing to withdraw from the battlefield? Completing the task is one thing, and he is not willing to come out once and not make some decent achievements.

The alternating rapid fire of the 127mm gun made the light hull tremble constantly, and the more than 100 officers and men of the whole ship were obviously used to it, and even the dull roar coming from the turret made people feel drowsy.

No shocks, no surprises. After a night of repeated assault and rush, their hearts were already full of the belief that they would win, and they no longer looked at the backward equipment of the enemy ships. …… Well, in fact, the vast majority of them also do not know how to operate optical sights and radar fire control systems.

It wasn't until a violent explosion came from front that the whole ship erupted into a loud cheer!

Sa Zhenbing lost no time in shouting: "Good fight!" Cheer up and sink that guy with me! ”

The "Jiaozhou" stirred up a boiling splash and rushed up like a cheetah. No matter how maneuvering the "Ackner" turned, it couldn't get rid of her, but it started from 10 kilometers away, and while being beaten, it was constantly approached until it was four or five kilometers away!

Several shells hit the stern of the "Arkner" in succession, finally damaging its rudder, and the unbalanced flooding after the hull was pierced, and it was unnaturally crooked.

The guns of the "Jiaozhou" were silent for a while, all aimed again and again, and suddenly there were multiple rapid fires at the same time, and the explosion of "all of them" did not sound very alarming, but when I looked at it from a distance, I saw that the "Arkna" was suddenly overwhelmed by the explosion, and then the fire engulfed the whole ship, squeaking and screaming, and disintegrating while falling down!

Sa Zhenbing waved his fist lightly, and his heart was overjoyed. He can finally paint a ship with a sinking mark, which is a good thing that the Navy may not encounter several times in his life. For many veteran sailors, it is a legendary experience that can be boasted of for a lifetime.

The "Jiaozhou" slowly slowed down, drew a graceful arc on the sea, circled the "Arkna" with its starboard guns, and then chased the "Elector" in the distance and joined the hunting team.

On the main battlefield, the French ships that had escaped the hunt saw from a distance that the "Dingyuan" was turning at an astonishing speed, and without hesitation, they turned the rudder to the right again and fled north at full speed. The Russian ship group, which was a little behind, did not drag at all.

But they finally reacted a beat slower, and before the bulky hull could complete the complex action of slowing down, turning the rudder, and accelerating, they saw the fireworks in the distance, and the "Zhenyuan" was violent, like a prehistoric giant beast pressing on the top, and it was terrified!

Speaking of which, the Russians are not bad. Among the warships that came to China this time, there was a 10,000-ton ship "Chesma" and two "Alexander II-class" warships, both of which also had a displacement of 9,500 tons.

These three capital ships, the "Chesma" is equipped with three twin 305mm guns, and the latter is equipped with two 305mm guns and four 228mm cannons, and the firepower can be described as fierce. On the downside, the speed is a little slower. The armor is also strong enough. In particular, the "Chesma" also has enough 406mm main armor.

But these three sea beasts that were enough to run rampant in the Far East before are now like frightened sheep, and before they can see their faces, they can't take care of any face, and they flee!

This is not only a problem of disunity among the coalition forces, first of all, the Russian Yankee officers in these years are generally inferior, except for the arrogance and erosion that they are used to on weekdays, they are really on the battlefield, and they are extremely clumsy! (To be continued......)